I'm kinda the opposite in that I like gimmicks like the DS pulls
together overall. Its the first real innovation in gaming in a long
time.

I just hope that both the PSP and the DS do well so we can have all
kinds of great new games.

Before I bought the DS I thought that the touch screen was a waste of
time. But now the Mario 64 mini-games are all my girlfriend plays.
This after se got hooked on my MAME cabinet.

I'm just afraid that not enough companies will take advantage of the
DS's unique features and it'll just wind up a regular old-fashioned
game machine(we already have them).

The one feature I'm not crazy about is the voice recognition. Its all
fine and well for a console at home, but I don't want to have to yell
at my handheld on the bus or subway just to get to the next level.

Still, I did find it ironic after all these years, when I opened up
the Metroid case and found a flat card-game in a plastic sleeve.

I remember so many people trashing HuCards and SMS card games back in
the day for being too small or just plain "stoopid".




--- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com, projectblowed_mc
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I know the feeling, & honestly, the DS I feel it highly
> overated. I didn't have high expectations for it, & even then I
got
> let down. I was even close to buying one, just to have it, though
> it would've dented our account. But, then I played Metroid, & I
> LOVE Metroid games, even Prime, which I still say should've atleast
> been 3rd person. Anyways, I was just disapointed in it. I had the
> controls down & everything, but, it just doesn't feel right. As
for
> Super Mario 64, I have it, I never liked it(don't hate it, just
> doesn't grab me) & the new one doesn't appeal to me. I suppose
> Spiderman for DS is ok, but I haven't played it. The DS so far
just
> seems like a big gimmick, & I'm starting to loathe it, even though
I
> know I'll eventually get one someday, just like Xbox(which I still
> don't have) when it's on clearance, & there's a few games on it I
> really want to play, like the new sidescrolling Super Mario, that
> is, as long as you don't control him with the screen! The GT
rules,
> I'll say, if anything, the PSP will be the better system, it seems
> less gimmicky, sure it plays movies, & MP3's, but, that seems
pretty
> standard fair for systems these days. Plus, it has the Garghav
> Trilogy coming out for it, hopefully that will make it over here!!
> But even then I'll be waiting for it to drop in price & have more
> games. Probably won't pick one up until atleast 2006, especially
> since, notoriously Sony's first batch of a new system has problems,
> I do know that the discs fly out on the PSP if you turn it a
certain
> way, I don't know, it'll save me money, since there's less & less
> games I can enjoy. Hopefully the DS will shape up with some good
> straight forward fun games, 2D ones at that!
>
>
> --- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com, kabuki_danjiro
> <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> >
> > I broke down and picked up a Nintendo DS + Mario 64 DS the other
> > night.
> >
> > I was pleasantly surprised to find that Metroid First Hunt was a
> Hu
> > Card like game that even came in a clear plastic sleeve, -just
> like
> > classic Turbo/PCE games.
> >
> > They're pushing the limit(or minimum) in size though. If the next
> > generation of portable games are any smaller, my fingers will be
> to
> > big to handle them.
> >
> > I was looking at my Express and GT the other day and 2 things
came
> to
> > mind.
> >
> > The first, as always, is just how cool they're deisigned. They
> have
> > the perfect balance of aesthetic & functionality. They're still
my
> > favorite looking system to date.
> >
> > The other is how the Gameboy Advance is still the current
portable
> > standard. But I was playing the same quality graphics on a
backlit
> > color screen over a decade ago.
> >
> > Plus there are still more Hu Card games that I like to play
> regularly
> > than Advance games. And the Express/GT still suite my large man-
> hands
> > better than the SP & DS.